Copy-holder attachment.



' No. 854,478. PATBNTED MAY 21, 1907.

V T. E. FORD.

GOPY' HOLDER ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5, 1907.

2 SHEETSSHBET 1.

WITNESSES 1 INVENTQH %%-,M" JzzZZza'aZ'ZErd A TTORME Y8 PATEN'TED MAY21, 1907.

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T.-E.FORD, COPY HOLDER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5, 1907.

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- INVENTIOH fulfills L Z3212 WITNESSES A TTORNE VS and its contiguousarts this view is upon TULLIUS-EVERETT FORD, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA. .COPY-HOLDEFi ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.v

Patented May 21,1907.

Application its January 5, 1907, Serial in; 850,878-

To'all whom/it may concern;

, Be it known that I,TULL1Us EVERETT FORD,- ajcitizen of theUnitedStates, and a resident of Frankford, Philadelphia, in the countyof Philadelphiaand State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Imroved Copy-Holder Attachment for Typeriters, of which the following ,isa full, clear, and ex--- .act description.

This invention relates to typewriters and concerns itself especiallywith a device adapted to hold copyand which is intended to. be

attached to the frame ,of typewriters of the form used especially forwritin upon open books, or tabulating "sheets. hese typewriters -are'known commercially as book 't 'ewriters-.' g v he object ofthe.invention is to reduce a device of this class-which isslmp emrconstruction, which can'readily be attached in position, a'ndwhichoperate to hold the,

' copy plainly in, view and .mark the point at scribed hereinafter whichthe copying has progressed.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts tobe more fully deand particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanytion," in which similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figur of the class-described, provided with my device; this view alsoshows va portion of the "table upon which the typewriter is support-.

ed; Fi .-2-i safront elevation showing a pet'- tion 0 one end of thetypewriter together.

with-my attachment, a ort on' of the tablebeing'also represented;

3 is a vertical cross section taken .throu gli the copy roller anenlarged scale;

' Referring more particularly to the parts,

a 1 represents the top of the table upon which are provided'apluralit'y' ofposts 2 which sup carriage-supports a typewriter caseor'carnage 5, of a construction usually found in machines .of thisgeneral type. The horizontal frame ,3 is. provided at its-ends with'more fully hereinafter.

e 1 is a side elevation of atypewriter' g. 4 is a detail showing theconstruction of a tension-adj ustin device by means of which the tensionupon t I e copy :roller may beapplied or removed; andFi'g. 5 is an edgeview of the parts shown in Fig. 4.

guide bar passes continuously through the case 5 and operates as anadditiohal guide for the case in its-longitudinal feed movements.

'In applyin my invention-to a typewriter 0fthe genera constructionshown, I provide a holder frame 8 which is formed of side plates 9, theform of which is very clearly shown :Fig. 1. The bodies of these sideplates .are elongated and extend rearwardly in an inclined position asshown; on their; lower sides, downwardly projecting ears 10 areprovided, which are oppositely disposed, and the purpose of these carswill be described The forward portions of the side plates 9 are formedinto hooks 11 respectively, which are adapted to engage with the-guidebars 7 by an-upward movement, and the lower portion of the plates belowthese hooks are formed into By reason of this construction, it should beunderstood that the'holder frame 8 may be, ifeadily attached in'position, as indicated in .i 1. v etween the 9, a'shaft 1-5 extends,a1id.this= shaft carries 85 upper ends of the side plates 4 r gidly acopy rdller 16., The shaft 15 is extended at o eend as indicated inFig.2, and carries a thumb-head 17 whichfacilitates the (i'otation ofthe'roller by hand, when desire Nearthe periphery of the roller '16 thearms 20 of a presser-frame 19 are attached 'to the side-plates 9 bypivots 18. These arms are formed integral with a longitudi= nallydisposed body or bar 21, which liesnear the upper and forward face ofthe roller, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 3. To the up er edge ofthis transverse bar 21=a1ong-itu 'nally disposed straight edge 22 iscon-' nectedby hinge joints 23; P

To the arms 20 are attached leafsprin'gs' 24 whichpro'ject upwa1dly,.asshown,, and these springs are formed at their upperex- .tr'emities withcars 25, which projecttoward the roller 16. Between these ears there issupported a longitudinally extending shaft 26, and on shaft, disposedapart,

pressed toward the face of the-roller 16 by presser rollers 27 are heldnormally against which presents downwardly projecting arms this pointthe band passes downwardly and around a similar guide roller 39,attached in r 4 5 the ear opposite to the roller 38 as shown;

'I provide a plurality of presser rollers 27 which are preferably formedof rubber or .tached to the arms 20, and also to the side which theroller 16 maybe held in any posiattached to the upper face ofthe'tablelf'a s orwardly and is attached at it's forward spring the bandis 'attached to a'1 1*"anchor 5 1 clearly shown in Fig. 4. This anchorplate is pivoted at 42 upon a base plate 43', which provided wit similarmaterial. The presser frame is means of helical springs 28, which areatplates 9 at the points 29. In this way the the face of the copyroller. Beneath the copy roller and extending continuously from end toend thereof, I provide a curved shield or guard 30, the said guard beingheld in position by means of ears 31 which extend up- 4 wardly, asindicated in Fig.1, and are attached to the inner facesofl liflsidelate's 9. The longitudinal edges of this'shie d are shield lies near thelower faces of the presser roller 27 in the manner indicated in Fig. 3.I provide also a copy frame or yoke 32,

33' which are pivoted'at34 to the side plates 9, and these arms 33 areconnected-bya longitudinally disposed bar 35 which normally liesadjacent to the face of the roller 16, as

indicatedin Fig.3. I

I provide a tension device by means of tion in which it is placed; Thisdevice comprises a band or ribbon 36 which may be in duplicate, therebeing one provided at each end of the rollers At its rear end, the band36 is attached to an anchornplate 37 which is indicated. From this pointthe band extends horizontally in a forward direction, and passes arounda guide roller 38 attached to the lower portion of the ear 10. I Fromthis "oint the band extends upwardly so as to form a loop passing aroundthe upper face of the roller near one end thereof.'- Beyond passing fromthe roller 39.the band extends extremity to a spring 40. Beyond this ate"41, the construction of which is veryis attached tothe side .ofa ost 44which projects downwardly from t e under side of the frame 3. The plate41 is of substantially rectan ular form, as. shown, and is a knob 45 atone corner by means of which it may be operated. The pivot oint 42 isdisposed at the corner of the triang e which lies adj aoent to thespring 40, and at the opposite corner the swivel plate 46 is pivotallyattached on the-pin 47.- In this swivel plate 46 the end 48 of the bandis attached in any-suitable manner, as shown.

on the line.

' An opening ame' having ho'o on the face of the plate 43 an outwardlyprojecting lug 49 is provided, and this is engaged by the rear edge ofthe anchor plate tion, it being understood that thislug operates as astop to limit the rearward movement of the. anchor plate'in rotatingabout the pivot 42. When it is desired to throw when the tension band isin operative posithe tension band out of tension, the anchor. plate isrotated toward the right, as viewed in Fig. 1, so that it will be madeto assume substantially the relativeiposition in which it is shown indotted lines in Fig. 4. In this way the pivot pin'47 is moved. inwardlyso that the length of the band-is shortened.

typewriter case, the roller will be constantly under the influence ofthe band.

On the up er side of the case I provide a ointer 50 which is formedwitha point 51 ying before the face of the copy roller. This fipointer'isattached to the case by a hin e connection 52, ,and is presseddownwardly toward the I spring 53 should be understood that this markeris in alinement with the point at whioh-the'type will strike, so that asthe machine is fed across the page, the pointer advances with it andconstantl indicates on theicopy the oint to-which t e reading has1presser' plate 19 by a small leaf progressed. t should be understoodthat the straight edge 22 marks the line which is being copied, whilethe ointer indicates a point forwardly, the interior of the resser frameis exposed so as to facilitate the insertion of a s eet of copy. Itshould be understood that t 's sheet will pass downraround the lowerface of the'roller between it and the shield, and the upper portionof'the sheet will lie upon the upper face of the roller under thecopyfrarne 35.

' for. the insertion of the paper may be produced either by forcing theshaft 26 of the presser'roller backwardly after the same has beenexposed by folding the straight edge 22 as described, or the copy may beap' plied tothe face. of the roller after moving the entire pre'sserframe forwardly 111 such a as to extend the helical springs 28.

" f laving thus described my invention, I

claim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent:'. 1

'1. A typewriter having a transversely disosed bar, arms su portingsaidbar, a copy 15s on aging said bar adjacent to said armsy an adaptedto swing on said bar, projections onsaid armsengag- By fol ing thestraight edge 22 IIO . ing' said frame and co-operatingiwith said posedpar projecting beyond the case thereof, a frame below said case and haviup-.

'- wardly extending arms sup orting sai bar,

a ,copy frame having side vp ates with hooks engaging said bar, saidarms having projections enga ing I said side plates-to -support saidcopy ame, saidcopy frame-having a swingingmovement on said bar limitedby Said projections and means for holding'copy on saldcopy frame. 7 a a3. In combination, a frame, a typewriter carriage movably supportedthereupon, a

copy holder having a rollerfor holding the co y, and tension bandsassing around said rol er and having the on s thereof normally fixedwithrespect to said frame, j 4. In combination, a frame, a t ewritercarriage movably supported on sai ame, a

' copy holder having a roller for holding the copy,' tens1on bandshaving ends normally fixed with respect to said frame and passing aroundsaid roller; and anchor 51 ates to which vone end of said bands areattac ed and affording means for relieving the tension of said bands. v

5. In combination, a frame, a typewriter carriage movably supportedthereupon, a copy holder having a roller for holding the 00 y, tensionbands passing around said ro ler and having the ends thereof normallyfixed with respect to'said frame, and means for releasing said tensionbands when said t ewriter is shifted upon said frame.

11 testimony whereof I have signed my name. to this'specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

v TULLIUSEVERETT FORD. Witnesses:

E. DUDLEY, ALEX. CHRISTIAN.

